"The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into a parliamentary debate and permit the decision to be suspended forever in an everlasting discussion."

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Source : Carl Schmitt (2010). “Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty”, p.63, University of Chicago Press

Carl Schmitt

#Essence Quotes #Decision Quotes #Forever Quotes

“Edward Snowden may not be a Chinese mole, but he might as well be. He's just handed Beijing a major score, while the NSA struggles to pick up the pieces - and the rest of us pay the price in terms of future national security.”
“April fool, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.”
“In my case such an expression as 'to be fallen for' or even 'to be loved' is not in the least appropriate; perhaps it describes the situation more accurately to say that I was 'looked after.”
“It is pointless to believe what you see, if you only see what you believe.”
“The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is 'okay' to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is.”
“Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.”

Source : Henry Home (lord Kames.) (1818). “Introduction to the art of thinking, to which is prefixed an original life of the author”, p.62
“That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank,- Creation's blot, creation's blank.”
“Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.”

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